Kura Sushi USA, Inc.

KRUS Consumer Cyclical Restaurants

Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $282.8 million, up 18.9% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to May 2026, revenue grew 16.2%, EPS fell 40.0% and free cash flow grew 46.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

38.11 1.01 −2.58%
Market cap
$475.3M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−163×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
3.63
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.72
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 39.90%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 475.30
Revenue 318.84
Net Income (2.08)
Free Cash Flow (27.11)
Net Debt (44.31)
Current Ratio 1.26
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (163.00) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 1.45
P/B ratio 2.01
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 0.94%
Next Y EPS Growth 247.40% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 16.95% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 2.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 6.62%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 5.08%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2025 Powerpack
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 78 51 62 44
Receivables 5 5 6 7
Inventory 2 2 2 3
Other 4 0 0 0
89 61 75 59
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 8 9 12 12
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 13 0 1 0
29 34 43 47

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 44.32% 26.08%
Cash Flow — 0.00% 1.41%
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — 38.27% 35.30%

Revenue $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 73 80 86 — —
’25 64 65 74 79 283
’24 51 57 63 66 238
’23 39 44 49 55 187
’22 30 31 38 42 141
’21 9 9 18 28 65
’20 17 19 3 6 45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 1 8 10 — —
’25 4 4 7 9 25
’24 2 4 9 1 16
’23 1 1 5 11 18
’22 11 (1) 7 7 24
’21 (3) (6) (1) 3 (7)
’20 (2) 1 (10) (2) (13)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 (13) (9) (4) — —
’25 (8) (7) (7) (1) (24)
’24 (7) (10) (3) (10) (29)
’23 (9) (5) (8) (2) (23)
’22 4 (8) 0 (1) (4)
’21 (9) (9) (2) 0 (21)
’20 (5) (3) (13) (7) (27)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 (0.25) (0.14) 0.03 — —
’25 (0.08) (0.31) 0.05 0.18 (0.16)
’24 (0.18) (0.09) (0.05) (0.46) (0.79)
’23 (0.21) (0.10) 0.16 0.25 0.14
’22 (0.13) (0.19) 0.05 0.19 (0.08)
’21 (0.76) (0.46) 0.09 (0.09) (1.21)
’20 (0.15) (0.02) (1.10) (0.82) (2.08)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to August

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — 14.75 5.07 17.55 30.95 37.97 48.66 40.03

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — — 28.80 28.79 83.00 96.60 110.00 122.81 106.60
People
People Employees — — 1,203 1,400 1,030 1,800 2,100 3,219 3,300 3,900
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 37 52 64 45 65 141 187 238 283
Gross margin, % — 11.85 15.68 14.82 (9.42) 9.41 15.52 15.35 12.41 11.82
EBT — 1 2 2 (16) (10) (1) 2 (9) (2)
EBT margin, % — 2.54 3.38 2.37 (35.83) (15.70) (0.49) 0.93 (3.63) (0.61)
Net income — 1 2 1 (17) (10) (1) 2 (9) (2)
Depreciation — 1 2 2 3 5 6 8 13 14
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 7.45 10.35 12.16 5.42 7.61 14.52 18.19 21.23 23.73
Earnings — 0.14 0.35 0.28 (2.08) (1.21) (0.08) 0.15 (0.79) (0.16)
Cash flow — 0.59 1.05 1.13 (1.56) (0.84) 2.44 1.75 1.39 2.07
Capex — (1.21) (1.32) (2.13) (1.73) (1.67) (2.85) (3.96) (3.97) (4.06)
Free cash flow — (0.62) (0.27) (1.00) (3.29) (2.51) (0.41) (2.21) (2.58) (1.98)
Book value — 2.93 4.30 11.77 5.48 10.65 9.60 15.98 14.51 19.39
Shares, m — 5 5 5 8 9 10 10 11 12
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 67.62 67.62 93.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 794.27 0.00 0.00
P/S — 0.00 0.00 2.30 2.26 6.68 5.15 4.80 2.90 3.58
P/B — 4.56 4.56 2.38 2.23 4.77 7.79 5.47 4.24 4.39
EV/Sales — 0.00 0.00 1.75 2.08 6.06 4.90 4.39 2.68 3.36
EV/FCF — (17.12) (17.12) (23.70) (3.43) (18.40) (174.10) (36.14) (22.06) (40.25)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — 3 5 6 (13) (7) 24 18 16 25
Capex — (6) (7) (11) (14) (14) (28) (41) (45) (48)
Free cash flow — (3) (1) (5) (27) (21) (4) (23) (29) (24)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — 1 2 33 1 37 17 60 27 33
Total debt — 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 — —
Net debt — 0 (2) (36) (8) (40) (36) (78) (51) (62)
Shareholders’ equity — 15 22 62 46 91 93 165 163 231
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — 2.40 6.31 2.68 (17.82) (6.95) (0.40) 0.59 (2.78) (0.50)
ROIC — 4.38 6.05 3.91 (27.18) (12.25) (0.82) 0.24 (6.45) (1.76)
ROE — 3.91 9.63 3.48 (32.18) (15.08) (0.83) 1.16 (5.38) (0.97)
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Aug 2025 · latest quarter May 2026

Charts ten years each

Kura Sushi USA, Inc. vs peers in Restaurants (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PZZA Papa John's International, Inc. $644.3M 23.9× 22.7× −8.84% (below 0%: shrinking) −10.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −31.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.72% 4.81% Compare
HDL Super Hi International Holding Ltd. Unsponsored ADR $634.3M 37.9× — +9.99% (above 0%: growing) n/m +43.42% (above 0%: growing) 65.85% 5.26% Compare
LOCO El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. $496.7M 13.8× 14.0× +2.97% (above 0%: growing) +79.17% (above 0%: growing) +155.53% (above 0%: growing) 32.80% 14.42% Compare
BH.A Biglari Holdings Inc. $491.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −1.19% (below 0%: shrinking) −18.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −73.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.05% 0.00% Compare
KRUS Kura Sushi USA, Inc. $475.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +16.17% (above 0%: growing) −40.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +46.90% (above 0%: growing) 11.94% (0.05%)
DIN DINE BRANDS GLOBAL, INC. $417.8M 65.3× 8.5× +4.38% (above 0%: growing) −60.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −97.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.86% 13.16% Compare
NATH Nathan's Famous, Inc. $417.5M 20.9× 24.9× +15.03% (above 0%: growing) −0.92% (below 0%: shrinking) +363.28% (above 0%: growing) 32.63% 23.43% Compare
BRCB Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. $414.1M — (loss-making) 31.3× +25.01% (above 0%: growing) — −27.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.07% 6.51% Compare
PTLO Portillo's Inc. $363.8M 24.6× 19.4× +5.57% (above 0%: growing) −23.08% (below 0%: shrinking) +13.07% (above 0%: growing) 65.03% 6.92% Compare
Median of peers $454.5M 24.3× 21.0× +4.98% −14.71% −7.32% 35.33% 6.72%

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Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) key facts

  • Strength: Kura Sushi USA, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $282.8 million, up 18.9% from fiscal 2024.
  • Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (KRUS) is a Restaurants company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, KRUS traded at $38.11, a market capitalization of $475.3 million.
  • Return on equity was −0.97% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.63 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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